The Federal Government has directed the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC to immediately come up with fresh regulations that would promote local broadcast industry and protect it from monopolistic tendencies.
The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed gave the directive in Abuja when he received the report of the NBC Reform Implementation Committee chaired by Armstrong Idachaba.
He said the regulations should cover advertising tariffs and production, to ensure that all anti-competitive behaviours are deterred and sanctioned where they occur.
The Minister also directed the commission to come up with regulations for the broadcast of content on the Internet and the web. He said the regulations should ensure that those who provide broadcast services on the internet do so with responsibility.
Idachaba While presenting the report to the minister said since the committee’s inauguration on October 10th, some of the assignments given to it, particularly internet regulation, had generated media attention.
